How much petroleum does the US consume each day?

This is four US football fields. Combined they are about 230,000 square feet, or about 21,400 square meters.

 

If we dug about 480 feet (about 150 meters) into the ground and filled these holes with petroleum...

Human for scale

482 feet

Statue of Liberty

305 feet

... it would provide just one day worth of US petroleum consumption – more than 830m gallons per day.

This is four US football fields. Combined they are about 230,000 square feet, or about 21,400 square meters.

 

If we dug about 480 feet (about 150 meters) into the ground and filled these holes with petroleum...

Human for scale

482 feet

Statue of Liberty

305 feet

... it would provide just one day worth of US petroleum consumption – more than 830m gallons per day.

Human for scale

This is four US football fields. Combined they are about 230,000 square feet, or about 21,400 square meters.

482 feet

If we dug about 480 feet (about 150 meters) into the ground and filled these holes with petroleum...

Statue of Liberty

305 feet

... it would provide just one day worth of US petroleum consumption – more than 830m gallons per day.

Human for scale

This is four US football fields. Combined they are about 230,000 square feet, or about 21,400 square meters.

482 feet

If we dug about 480 feet (about 150 meters) into the ground and filled these holes with petroleum...

Statue of Liberty

305 feet

... it would provide just one day worth of US petroleum consumption – more than 830m gallons per day.

This is four US football fields. Combined they are about 230,000 square feet, or about 21,400 square meters.

Human for scale

482 feet

If we dug about 480 feet (about 150 meters) into the ground and filled these holes with petroleum...

Statue of Liberty

305 feet

... it would provide just one day worth of US petroleum consumption – more than 830m gallons per day.